Re: LeGuin (was: a 12th century conlang)
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 26, 1999, 4:49 |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:48:01 -0500, John Cowan <cowan@...>
wrote:
>I don't think there's a shred of evidence that UKL disdains the
>conlang passion, and some evidence that she actually possesses it.
Considering that she wrote "A number of other words were included for the
pleasure of my fellow dictionary-readers and adepts of what an =
illustrious
predecessor referred to as the Secret Vice" (referring to the Kesh
glossary), only the ambiguity of the English language (does "fellow" =
refer
to "adepts of ... the Secret Vice" or only "dictionary-readers"?) leaves
that uncertain. That isn't inconsistent with her comment that she "faked
it", but it's possible that the comment referred to something other than
Kesh (which seems "real" enough as far as I'm concerned).
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